Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-19

ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANA,
JUNO q de 1876.
So Esposa le Dedica.

The last line e. erected by his wife'') calls
attention to E new-made mound beside
him, wherein has lately come to rest the
wife of his declining years-his last and
best love, Dolores Tosta de Santa Ana The
romance of her life is so little known, even
IN Mexico, that when she died few weeks
ago Cat the age of So, and was buried with
out pomp or ceremony, the few newspapers
which alluded to the event spoke of her as
very aged woman. evidently believing
her to be the rulers former wife, who, had
she lived till now, would be past so.
Though densely ignorant, with neither
blood nor breeding to boast Ola harmless
soul, kindly and virtuous, but without a
particle of ambition or talent Dolores
Tosta became the wife of Mexico's most
remarkable man when at the very zenith
of his power and for time was adored as
no mortal woman has been, before or since,
on the American continent
General Santa Ana was not only by far
the richest and most powerful man in
Mexico at one time, but he
HELD THE NATION IN HIS IRON GRASP,
And controlled it as a rider manages his
steed. During his extraordinary career he
was engaged in no less than eight pronirll-
Communicative of them made by himself
and the rest by allies for his benefit. Twice
Ollie party, and three times was elevated to
the same position by the bitterly opposing
ecclesiastical faction. Twice he suffered
Punishment, and each time was recalled
and placed at the head of affairs by a ma
ton which could not do without him.
Several times when prisoner his captors
held consultations upon the ACCESSIBILITY of
putting him to death He was in turn the
candidate of all pariies-feared, honored
and hated by all. In turn he served each
faction faithfully, but most faithfully at all
times he served himself.
Naturally the love- making of such a
man was not conducted according to con-
ventional rules. His wooing reminds one
of Napoleon's vehement overtures to the
beautiful Countess Eugene, when she as
sured him that he could reach her only
"via the church." After the death of his
first wife the Dictator for a time seemed in
different to the fair sax, and repeatedly de-
clared that his heart was buried with his
early love. But, like many another discon-
ISOLATE widower, it did not require many
months to convince him that the organ
where sentiment is supposed to be located
resembles that plant of the Mexican hills
called sieB.prs vila (''always alvey, which
though gray and dry as a sponge when I'M
moistened, becomes green and beautiful
Santa Ana seems to have had as many
hearts as legs, and as many of the latter as
centipede. have been shown q score Of
battle-tields where it is alleged Santa Ana
lost leg, but whether one of the original
members or wooden one history does moi
specify; and accounts of his affaires
damour are equally numerous
wooING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
One day, while riding down the prinei
pal street of the Mexican capital, he OBJ
served beautiful child, bare-footed anc
shabbily dressed, sitting on the ground neal
the door of poor shop, playing with &
kitten. The little girl (who was then bu
II years old, quite unconscious of the at
tention she was attracting, displayed thu
grace of a fawn and the limbs of buddin,
Venus in the frolic with her pet and wher
she CHANGED to look up and encountered
the intense gaze of the fierce old Dictator
she blushed and smiled, showing the mos
perfect teeth. But this was no Maud Mil
Ter romance, for, though the great MAJ
rode away he sent messenger next da,
in the person of a middle-aged Captain O
the Palace Guards. When this highly be
dlzzend and befrogged functionary entered
the shabby little shop honest widow lost,
believed he had come to purchase some O
her Incompatible cigarettes, and hastene,
to place the best before him; but what wa
her surprise and CONSERVATION when b
waved them away and announced that b
brought her message from ''Su Alteza''-
the President of the Republic. Well, tn
message-in reference to the widows on
eve lamb, accompanied by liberal offer O
money-so aroused that worthy woman
ire that the Captain retreated before it OF
the double-quick, looking very mucl
ashamed of himself
Not many days thereafter palace fou
who had never sraelled gunpowder, calleS
on Sonora Tosta and said. without circum
locution Don't be foolish, my good wo
man. His Highness has fallen in love witt
your daughter. Send her to the palace
and you may shut up this miserable shol
and live in splendor the rest of your days
Choking with wrath, the mother coul,
end no words for reply, but seizing jarrit
of beans which was stewing on a brazie
she hurled them, red hot, at the messen
gers head. As he beat an inglorious re